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Senior Coach: John Worsfold b. 25 September 1968

Playing Career
South Fremantle (1986) - 24 Games
West Coast Eagles (1987 - 1998) - 209 Games
State of Origin: Western Australia - 6 Games

Coaching Career
Carlton Football Club: Assistant Coach 2000 - 2001
West Coast Eagles: Senior Coach 2002 - Current

Worsfold faces his biggest test as West Coast starts the long haul back from the depths of the AFL ladder and he knows there are no shortcuts.

There must have been times during the 2007 and 2008 seasons when Worsfold wondered how his premiership combination of 2006 could fall apart but he kept a brave face and accepted some of the hard decisions the club had to make

Worsfold can only look forward and that appears to be the theme right through the club after the appointment of several new faces to the football department and the coaching staff.

They include ex-Melbourne coach Neale Daniher (football operations manager and chairman of selectors) and highly respected former Collingwood star Scott Burns, who joins as an assistant coach.

Philip Walsh, who has a wealth of experience at club level, also joins the Eagles as stategy and innovations assistant coach.

Given the decision to go young in the 2008 NAB AFL Draft, Worsfold has plenty of talent at his disposal - and he's just the person to guide them.

Highlights
Member of WA’s inaugural winning Teal Cup team 1985
Daily News WAFL Rookie Of The Year 1986
Club Champion 1988
All-Australian 1988, 1990
West Coast Eagles Vice-Captain 1989-90, 1991-1998
West Coast Eagles Captain 1991-1998
Premiership Captain 1992 and 1994
West Coast Eagles Best Clubman 1993 and 1998
21 finals matches in a career spanning 1987-98


Senior Assistant Coach: Peter Sumich b. 11 January 1968

Playing Career
South Fremantle Football Club(1986) - 112 Games
West Coast Eagles (1989 - 1997) - 150 Games
State of Origin: 4 Games

Coaching Career
South Fremantle Football Club: Reserves Coach 1999
South Fremantle Football Club: Senior Coach 2000 - 2001
West Coast Eagles: Assistant Coach 2002 - Present

The Eagles’ all-time leading goalkicker is widely seen as a senior coach in waiting, interviewing for both the Melbourne and Essendon coaching vacancies in 2007. Will enter his ninth season as an Eagles assistant and remains coach John Worsfold’s right-hand man.

Playing Highlights
West Coast Eagles Premiership Player 1992 and 1994
West Coast Eagles Seven times leading goal-kicker (including 111 in 1991)
West Coast Eagles Rookie of the Year 1989
South Fremantle Football Club Premiership Player 1997

Coaching Highlights
South Fremantle Football Club Pre-Season Premiers 2000 - 2001
WA Football Guild Coach of the Year 2001


Midfield Coach: Scott Burns b. 23 December 1974

Playing Career
Collingwood Football Club (1995 - 2008) - 264 Games

Coaching Career
West Coast Eagles: Assistant Coach 2009 - Present

Fresh from 264 hard-nosed games with Collingwood, including a one-year stint as captain, Burns shapes as a great off-field pick-up at West Coast. Known for his straight talking and sharp football mind, the 34-year-old is a great mentor for younger players and should fit in well with John Worsfold’s coaching philosophy.


 

Backline Coach: Daniel Metropolis b. 17 March 1972

Playing Career
West Coast Eagles(1992 - 2000) - 108 Games
Fremantle Football Club (2001) - 6 Games

Coaching Career
West Coast Eagles: Assistant Coach 2009 - Present

Former highly skilled utility who played 108 games for West Coast (1992-2000) and six for Fremantle (2001). Returned to the club as runner in 2005 and an assistant within the sports science department. Metropolis has been appointed backline coach.


 

Strategy & Innovations Coach: Phillip Walsh b. 15 March 1960

Playing Career
Collingwood Football Club(1983) - 22 Games
Richmond Football Club (1984 - 1986) - 40 Games
Brisbane Bears (1987 - 1990) - 60 Games

Coaching Career
Geelong Football Club: Strength & Conditioning Coach
Port Adelaide Football Club: Assistant Coach

After a 122-game career with Collingwood, Richmond and the Brisbane Bears between 1983 and 1990, as well as stints as Geelong’s strength and conditioning coach and most recently as a Port Adelaide assistant, Walsh comes on board as the strategy and innovations coach. Will analyse and devise methods to combat opposition sides.
 

 

Onfield development: Michael Broadbridge b. 15 June 1968

Playing Career
Swan Districts and East Fremantle - 144 Games

Coaching Career
West Australia U18: Senior Coach 1995 - 1999
Collingwood Football Club: Assistant Coach 2000 - 2004
Fremantle Football Club: Assistant Coach 2005 - 2007
West Coast Eagles: Assistant Coach 2008 - Present

A former assistant at Collingwood (2000-04) and Fremantle (2005-07), Broadbridge joined the Eagles in 2008 as the skills coach. Coached the West Australian under-18s team from 1995-99 and had a distinguished 144-game WAFL playing career with Swan Districts and East Fremantle.


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